Temperature
55 F at 10 PM; 76 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 55 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 55F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 76F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 55F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Columbia Regional Airport, Missouri
Medium airport in Boone County, Missouri54°
55°/45°
Overcast·
Feels like 54°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NW
Now. Columbia Regional Airport is 54° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 48° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, with some cloud. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:29 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
83%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
54feels54
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
5545
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5936
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6636
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7041
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7545
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7849
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8053
overcast
54°
55°45°
59°36°
66°36°
70°41°
75°45°
78°49°
80°53°
As of 1:00 AM in Columbia Regional Airport, Missouri.
Air quality
The air at Columbia Regional Airport
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Jefferson City (MO), 10 miles off.
15Good
- Ozone15Good20 ppb10.4 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Columbia Regional Airport
0.33 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.33in
- Last 3 days
- 1.10in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 30%
Visibility
How far you can see at Columbia Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- COU
- ICAO
- KCOU
- IATA
- COU
- Field elevation
- 889 ft
- Serves
- Columbia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- COU
- Wind now
- From 320° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:14
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 7,401 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 21° / 201° | 7 mph head, on 02 | 12 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 136° / 316° | 14 mph head, on 31 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Columbia (COU), Columbia Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 50 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 3 PM to 100% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 50F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 35 mph at 7 PM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.12 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.12inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.11inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 7 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.30 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 7 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.30in
- Wettest hour
- 0.10in
- 7 AM
- Hours with some
- 11
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Columbia: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Columbia Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
ColumbiaCOU
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/889 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Ashland 2NASLM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.1 mi away/856 ft/33 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Carver FarmS2223
At a soil climate station/20.5 mi away/581 ft/308 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Columbia 10.8 SEMO-BN-61
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/805 ft/84 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sanborn FieldUMCM7
At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/774 ft/115 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Sanborn Field (UMCM7), 10.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Missouri
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Columbia Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ashlandcity, 4 mi
- Pierpontvillage, 6 mi
- Hartsburgtown, 10 mi
- New Bloomfieldcity, 10 mi
- Columbiacity, 11 mi
- Holts Summitcity, 13 mi
- Lupustown, 13 mi
- McBainetown, 13 mi
- Jamestowntown, 14 mi
- Fultoncity, 15 mi
- Huntsdaletown, 15 mi
- St. Martinscity, 16 mi
Airports near Columbia Regional Airport
- Jefferson City Memorial AirportJEF, 16 mi
- Jesse Viertel Memorial AirportVER, 26 mi
- Mexico Memorial AirportMYJ, 32 mi
- Omar N Bradley AirportMBY, 46 mi
- Sedalia Memorial AirportDMO, 52 mi
- Lee C Fine Memorial AirportAIZ, 53 mi
- Rolla National AirportVIH, 54 mi
- Marshall Memorial Municipal AirportMHL, 56 mi